Calvin's Church Picnic - June 09

On Tuesday, June 9 I arrived at Andrew Hayden Park with Shawn, my trailer, and two BBQ's in tow. The reason? Our annual Calvin church PICNIC!!!! Yeah!!! : )

The weather at the beginning of the day didn't look promising. Raining pretty heavy. However, things cleared up in the afternoon, but it was still pretty cloudy, windy, and a bit cool. I wasn't sure how many of our "Calvinites" would come out for the picnic, but alas, many did. That was encouraging to see.

Louise and I kind of head up the social stuff that goes on at Calvin, and here you see Louise with the "chief chef" hat. Hey, you know who's in charge when they are wearing that big of a hat.

Apparently the hat made the rounds. Seems like Ed is in charge now.

Or maybe it was John.

Now, I'm no BBQ expert, nor do I claim to know much about wind direction and climate (I leave that to Pastor Ken, as he sails a lot), but as this picture shows, there seems to be a bit of a problem here. Lots of smoke came out of those BBQ's and seemed to fly right in the face of those barbecuing...not to mention the shelter filled up with smoke too. But, again, I'm not the expert! : )

The cooks did a GREAT job of working through their smoke inhalation and cooking the many, many, many hamburgers and hot dogs.

The end result was some great food.

The line up was long, but the socializing was good.

It seems that everyone was hungry today. We just had enough food in the end. Great planning Louise.

Jeremy and David really enjoyed the food. What do you expect from young teenage males!! : )

Annetta doesn't seem too thrilled about my picture taking. Good thing she didn't have her mouth open while chewing.....

The three musketeers fellowshipping together....or is that the three stooges...I always forget! : )

Shawn and Emily catching up on life after not seeing each other all year. Welcome back from Kingston for the summer Emily.

Some of our young people. VERY shy as you can tell. A prize for anyone who can tell me who they are....and you three can't guess!

That joke that Annette told Wilma must have been a doozy!

Thanks Louise, and all the others, who helped to make our picnic another fun success. Lots of great fellowship, food, and fun. We'll do it again next year for sure!